Elevate your Teaching Portfolio with Garuda Teacher Training

Garuda is a holistic, organic approach to movement which concentrates on rhythm and flow. It has the clarity and mindfulness of Pilates as its core, the economy of form of Alexander Technique, the self-perception of Feldenkrais, the spirituality of yoga and the joy of dance.

We believe that training in Garuda is a lifelong voyage of discovery. What starts as a training course ends up as a journey of investigation, thus training our teachers to think “outside the box” We educate, nourish, and instigate a sense of learning and confidence. The repertoire is vast and concentrates on functionality, rejuvenation and healing. The modules are devised to take our participants, through different levels to create a sense of expertise and care.

★ All courses are recognized by the Pilates Method Alliance for Continuing Education Credits. ★

Why Garuda?

Garuda challenges both your mind and body, enhancing mental vitality and physical vigor. Garuda integrates breathcontrol and postures of yoga with the stability of core-strength and mindfulness emphasized by Pilates. Elegantly graceful, the Garuda Method cultivates and refines your natural poise with choreographed routines of precise, fluid movement that won't stress your joints.

It has all the benefits of a robust cardiovascular workout, while stretching the mind as well as the body. Garuda is a test of mental strength as well as physical, demanding total concentration during the exercises.

The Garuda Method empowers you to achieve exceptional strength through the use of the unique Garuda apparatus. Whatever your current level of fitness, Garuda empowers you to grow more limber, toned and resilient.

Tara (Sling) with
Magda Hashem & James D'Silva

Tara, or Sling, is an integral part of the Garuda Apparatus. The Sling is cutting edge, daring and challenging and the training has been cleverly put together to strengthen, stabilise and challenge the practitioner. Tara supports and tractions us, teaching us to lean into the space around us, getting us to lift out of our joints and making us aware of our instabilities.

The wonderful detail of this training is that it can be adapted to any independent piece of equipment and one doesn’t require a prior Garuda training to attend this workshop.

Date: 6 Oct 2023 - 8 Oct 2023
Course: Tara (Sling)
Price: $675 -12 hour
Venue: Pharonik Pilates, Aurora, Colorado, USA
For further details email: pharonik_pilates@hotmail.com
Status: Spaces available

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Graha (Brick) with
Magda Hashem & James D'Silva

The Garuda Graha, or brick, workshop is an innovative and functional workout, using the Pilates principles and repertoire to instigate bilateral symmetry and stability of the pelvis, whist creating lower limb strength and functionality.

Special attention is given to the upper body, with a whole new set of exercises designed to fortify and challenge the participant. Balance and three-dimensional movement are an integral part of this work.

A novel and inspiring workshop that allows the student to experience, investigate and take away material that will challenge the remedial to advanced client.

Date: 6 Oct 2023 - 8 Oct 2023
Course: Graha (Brick)
Price: $675 -12 hour
Venue: Pharonik Pilates, Aurora, Colorado, USA
For further details email: pharonik_pilates@hotmail.com
Status: Spaces available

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Foundation Matwork with
Magda Hashem & James D'Silva

Encompassing the principles of Pilates, the breath work and asana practices of yoga, and the athleticism of dance, Garuda is heralded as the face of 21st century fitness.

Holistic, organic, dynamic – Garuda is the hybrid that is revolutionizing our approach to exercise. Garuda Matwork Foundation is a Pilates-based system that builds gradually from the micro to the macro. Here movements start first by isolating individual muscles, then move on to the myofascial lines they belong to. This gradual formulaic approach makes it especially effective for people with dysfunction or imbalances.

Date: 10 Oct 2023 - 15 Oct 2023
Course: Foundation Matwork
Price: $1375 -24 hour
Venue: Pharonik Pilates, Aurora, Colorado, USA
For further details email: pharonik_pilates@hotmail.com
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Garuda Apparatus A with
Magda Hashem & James D'Silva

The Garuda Apparatus A Foundation concentrates on basic movement repertoire, taking you through a syllabus that prepares you for teaching movement at an elementary, and intermediate level. Here the practitioner is trained in the philosophy and movement material and taught Garuda-specific teaching skills. Apparatus A is the preliminary teaching module which concentrates on certain aspects of the repertoire. It is in Apparatus B that we conclude the Foundation syllabus and assess the practitioner on their comprehensive teaching skills.

Date: 10 Oct 2023 - 15 Oct 2023
Course: Garuda Apparatus A
Price: $1375 -24 hour
Venue: Pharonik Pilates, Aurora, Colorado, USA
For further details email: pharonik_pilates@hotmail.com
Status: Spaces available

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NOTE: Cancellation policy for Garuda Teacher Training Courses: All cancellations made prior to one month before the start date, will be refunded minus any credit card transaction fees. Cancellations for courses within one month of the course start date will be given a 50% refund less transaction fees. In the case of a medical situation, it will be evaluated on a case by case basis.

Meet your Master Teacher - Magda Hashem

As a passionate Pilates enthusiast and life long learner, I embarked on a mission to push my boundaries and learn and grow in ways I had not yet experienced. To my pleasant surprise I came across the Garuda method and it immediately captivated my attention. I loved that at the core, it still built on the Pilates foundations I've practiced for years, but the expansion of movement patterns and versatility of the Garuda apparatus lead me to experience movement patterns I never thought possible I embraced the Garuda Method and became its proud ambassador in Colorado! I acquired my training from Garuda's founder, James D'Silva. As I gained inspiring new insights into exercise from James, my experience of mental and physical rejuvenation through Garuda was like an epiphany! It’s no wonder celebrities such as Madonna and Sting have incorporated this into there exercise regimen courtesy of their trainor James. Meet the Founder - James D’Silva

Meet the Founder - James D’Silva

The creator of The Garuda Method, The Garuda Apparatus and founder of The Garuda Studio James D’Silva was born and raised in Goa, India, before moving to England to become a professional dancer. Since then, he has performed, choreographed and taught all over Europe and the USA. Throughout his career, Pilates and body conditioning were an integral part of his training routine. Over the years James has adopted yoga, GYROTONIC®, Feldenkrais and Alexander Technique influences, generating a unique, holistic and enjoyable style of movement and exercise. In 2000, James opened his own Pilates studio in London and from this base, his reputation has become well established amongst his many loyal clients. He has worked with Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow, among others, and has also created best-selling fitness DVDs with Trudie Styler. James is a certified member of the Pilates Method Alliance and a certified GYROTONIC® Instructor.